Battery and method of attaching same to a garment
First Claim
1. A battery comprising:
- a source of voltage;
at least one positive voltage connection on the source of voltage;
at least one negative voltage connection on the source of voltage;
a first magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one positive voltage connection; and
a second magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one negative voltage connection;
wherein the battery comprises a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface;
wherein the at least one positive voltage connection comprises a first positive voltage connection on the first surface and a second positive voltage connection on the second surface;
wherein the at least one negative voltage connection comprises a first negative voltage connection on the first surface and a second negative voltage connection on the second surface; and
wherein the first and second magnetic elements have an “
N”
pole on the first surface and an “
S”
pole on the second surface.
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Abstract
A thin battery (100) has a central portion (110) and two end portions (120). One of the two end portions includes a positive voltage connection (121) exposed on both the top and bottom surfaces of the battery. The other one of the two end portions includes a negative voltage connection (122) exposed on both the top and bottom surfaces of the battery. Each of the end portions (120) includes a magnetic element having a north magnetic pole on one of the top or bottom surface of the battery and a south magnetic pole on the other one of the top or bottom surface of the battery. Multiple batteries may be connected to each other through magnetic attraction. The battery may be securely attached and electrically connected to a garment (1000) using positive and negative conductive surfaces/contacts (1010, 1020) on a fiber layer of the garment and a corresponding magnetic element (1050) beneath the conductive surfaces/contacts that attracts and secures the battery in place.
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14 Claims
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1. A battery comprising:
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a source of voltage; at least one positive voltage connection on the source of voltage; at least one negative voltage connection on the source of voltage; a first magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one positive voltage connection; and a second magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one negative voltage connection;
wherein the battery comprises a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface;wherein the at least one positive voltage connection comprises a first positive voltage connection on the first surface and a second positive voltage connection on the second surface; wherein the at least one negative voltage connection comprises a first negative voltage connection on the first surface and a second negative voltage connection on the second surface; and wherein the first and second magnetic elements have an “
N”
pole on the first surface and an “
S”
pole on the second surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A modular battery system comprising a plurality of battery elements,
wherein each battery element comprises: -
a source of voltage; at least one positive voltage connection to the source of voltage; at least one negative voltage connection to the source of voltage; a first magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one positive voltage connection; and a second magnetic element that is collocated with the at least one negative voltage connection; wherein each battery element comprises a first surface and a second surface that is opposite the first surface; wherein the at least one positive voltage connection of each battery element comprises a first positive voltage connection on the first surface and a second positive voltage connection on the second surface; wherein the at least one negative voltage connection of each battery element comprises a first negative voltage connection on the first surface and a second negative voltage connection on the second surface; wherein the first and second magnetic elements of each battery element have an “
N”
pole on the first surface and an “
S”
pole on the second surface; andwherein the first and second magnetic elements of each battery element provide direct physical and electrical coupling of the battery element to an immediately adjacent battery element of the plurality of battery elements. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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